With 19.6k already swimming in the middle, Tristan Yumul and Le Ngoc Khanh stared down a board of 6♠ 5♦ A♦ Q♣. Yumul bet 8k, Khanh raised to 21k, and Yumul flat-called. On the river of 9♦, no betting action came and Yumul won with A♠ J♣ top pair.
William Mcauley was all in with A♥ 6♥ and Michiya Tsuda called.
Mcauley A♥ 6♥
Tsuda 10♥ 10♦
The board ran 9♣ A♠ 4♠ 6♠ K♦ giving Mcauley a higher pair and a much needed double up to 50k.
Gerard Bringley picked up a good pot. He raised to 4500 preflop and got called by Graeme Siow on the big blind. The flop ran 7♦ J♥ Q♠ and Siow checked to Bringley who bet out 5k. Siow called. The turn of 3♠ was the same with Siow check-calling Bringley’s 9500 bet. The river of A♥ kept both honest with a check. Bringley won with Q♦ J♦ second pair against Siow’s X?js} 10♠ lower pair.
Another all in situation preflop with Tseng Wei Min holding K♣ K♦ and caller Tsuyoshi Ishibashi with 8♥ 8♣. The board didn’t improve Ishibashi and Tseng doubled up to 80k.
Two-time APT Main Event champion Jeon Seung Soo is out of the running for another trophy as he was just dusted by Van Sang Nguyen. It was an all in moment preflop.
Nguyen K♦ K♠
Jeon Q♣ Q♠
The board bricked.
JC Sayo, the young-un with two trophies in this series already, picked up a couple of big pots to bring his stack to around 130k.
On the first hand, he stared down a board of 2♦ 8♠ 9♦ and checked to Marc Rivera who bet out 8k. Next was Ron Manning with a call. Sayo then check-raised all in for an additional 29.8k to call. Rivera folded but Manning obliged.
Sayo Q♦ 3♦ flush draw
Manning J♥ 9♣ top pair
The turn of Q♠ improved Sayo to top pair and with the river of 6♣, he secured the win and a double up. Sayo up to 100k, Manning down ot 50k.
On the next hand, Alexis Lim kicked it off with a 4600 raise, Manning called, Jose Drilon three-bet to 18k, Sayo four-bet to 43k, and everyone folded. Drilon showed his Q♣ Q♥ fold.
It was a good push for Jim Bonanno with action started off by Mark Amparo. Amparo raised to 4500, Jeon Seung Soo and Van Sang Nguyen called, then Bonanno moved all in for 42.8k more.
Amparo and Nguyen folded but Jeon threw in the call.
Bonanno A♣ K♥
Jeon 7♣ 7♠
The board ran Q♦ A♥ J♣} J♦ 3♠ and Bonanno celebrated his happy double up.
It was a preflop shove that had both Kunal Patni and Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba turning over their hole cards.
Patni A♠ Q♦
Simba A♣ 8♠
The board ran low and Patni’s kicker played for a double up to around 70k. Simba down to 35k.
On a flop of A♠ Q♣ 2♣, Toniyoung Degracia and Aso Seitaro checked to get a free turn of 4♥. Degracia led out for 4k and Seitaro called. On the river of K♠, they both checked it and Seitaro won wit A♣ 5♣. Degracia had 7♠ 2♠.